Housing

Protect single-family neighborhoods for the people who live and work here.

It is getting harder and harder for working-class families in Springfield to be able to afford a home where they can raise their kids and thrive in their communities. While state regulatory costs drive up the price of new constructions, out-of-state investment firms buy up local single-family homes, turning neighborhoods into rental portfolios instead of places where mechanics, teachers, nurses, and small-business owners can put down roots. 

Adam will fight to:

  • Cut the red tape and regulatory costs that make it more expensive to build affordable starter homes and modest family houses in Oregon.

  • Stop out-of-state investment firms from scooping up Springfield’s single-family neighborhoods.

  • Push for more housing to be built so that Springfield families have options for generations to come.

Accountability

Fix the basics first, before talking about more money.

Our government has a habit of asking families for more before it proves it can responsibly spend what it’s already taken. Adam’s background in helping families and small businesses manage real budgets means he takes the opposite of that approach. Adam believes the government should work for its people: roads should get fixed, streets should stay safe, classrooms should actually teach the basics, and spending should be explained and accounted for. 

Adam will fight to:

  • Require results before new taxes. Roads, public safety, and K–12 should be funded and delivered before the state comes back for another bite.

  • End wasteful spending and hold agencies accountable so Oregon stops mortgaging our children’s future.

  • Push back against rogue agencies increasing fees on Oregonians and making life increasingly unaffordable. 

Data Centers

Big tech does not get a blank check for our grid, our bills, or our backyards.

Oregon has become a magnet for massive data centers because Governor Tina Kotek has rolled out the welcome mat with cheap power and endless tax breaks. But families should not have to subsidize corporate electricity demands and communities that do not want data centers should be able to stop them from being built. 

Adam will fight to:

  • Require large data-center operators to bring their own power and pay the full cost of the energy and infrastructure they use, so costs aren’t shifted onto households and small businesses.

  • Make sure corporations pay their fair share by putting a stop to tax breaks to data centers.

  • Protect local control so data centers stay out of communities that do not want them.

Jobs

Train the next generation for work that exists.

As a young person, Adam’s life included working in tire shops, attending community college, and starting a business. Too many young people are pushed toward one narrow track while trades, technical skills, and local employers go begging for workers. Oregon’s unemployment system should get people back to work, not park them in a broken process. 

Adam will fight to:

  • Prioritize Career and Technical Education so students can learn welding, electrical, automotive, healthcare, construction, and other skills that lead to real paychecks in Lane County. 

  • Give local schools and employers more say in building CTE pipelines instead of leaving workforce policy to distant agencies.

  • Fix Oregon’s broken unemployment system so it is faster, cleaner, and focused on connecting people with jobs rather than trapping them in delays and paperwork.

Homelessness & Drug Abuse

Make Oregon a place of recovery, not enabling.

Oregonians should not have to step over tents, needles, and open-air drug use to go to work, school, or the park. House Bill 3115 tied the hands of Oregon cities to address these issues at the local level, making it harder for Springfield to clear camps and restore order on its own streets. It’s time for the legislature to give them that power back. 

Adam will fight to:

  • Repeal House Bill 3115 and restore local control so Springfield can clear homeless camps and enforce common-sense public safety laws.

  • Push for a results driven approach to homelessness. Service providers should be prioritizing successful recovery, not short term bandaids. 

  • Give local police the authority to ensure jail or treatment for repeat offenders—compassion with consequences, not another cycle of enablement.